Chapter 94: One Big Step Forward (3)[R-18]
Translator: RaidenTL
Chapter 94: One Big Step Forward (3)[R-18]
“...Yuris, I’m begging you. I love Ian so much. So... can’t you just give up on him? Looking back now, he’s a total piece of shit... but he’s still my first and last love... So... please... just give up.”
What could I even say?
The best I could do was keep my eyes fixed on Evelyn.
Slide—
That was when Yuris took Evelyn’s hand and spoke.
“...I’m sorry, Evelyn. I love Ian too. I can’t give him up.”
“Y-Yuris, you’re a Saintess Candidate! You’re practically guaranteed to be the next Saintess!! ...S-So!! You could find someone way better!!! No! You definitely will!! ...B-But!! I can’t!! I only have Ian!! He’s all I have!!”
“...Evelyn, if you could find a man better than Ian, would you be able to let him go?”
“There is no man better than Ian in my life!!!!”
Evelyn shook off her hand and screamed.
“Ugh... sob... I just know!! In my life... more than Ian... hic!!... No... he just is my life!!”
“...Yes. I understand well how much you love him.”
“Ah..! Haa...?.. Hic... Then... are you... giving up...?”
“However, even so, I have no intention of stepping aside.”
“...Y-You said you understood...?... Sob... You said you knew how much I love him!!! Hic!... You know that, and you’re still going to butt in?”
“I’m sorry. Just as Ian is your life, to me, Yuris, he is my ‘Fated Partner.’ I can never give him up.”
“Why does it have to be Ian!!! Why!!! Y-Yuris, it’s been ten years for me. I’ve held that bastard in my heart for ten years!! How long have you loved him? A few days? A few weeks? It hasn’t even been a year!!! Ugh!!.... I... I really... the moment I realized I loved him, I decided I had to end up with him. So... n-no... not Ian... he’s my man!!... Please.... sob...”
As Evelyn collapsed to the ground, Yuris knelt down with her.
“You’re right. Compared to you, the time I’ve spent loving Ian is likely very short.”
I was surprised.
The Yuris I had seen until now was a woman so kind and pure she almost seemed a bit foolish.
Because of that, I thought she might actually give me up.
That was how desperate and agonizing Evelyn’s cry had been...
“...Then!!”
“There are times when a single night’s firework leaves a deeper mark on the heart than stars that have graced the night sky for a thousand years. Though the time I have loved him is short, I do not believe the magnitude of my love is any less than yours.”
But I was mistaken.
The Yuris before my eyes was pouring out her heart to Evelyn with calm, unwavering resolve.
“Ugh!.... Haa...Hic!.... Yuris.. if... if you’re going this far.... I... no matter how much I beg, it’s useless, isn’t it?”
“Yes, I’m sorry. No matter what you say, my heart will not change.”
“........Haa!.... Hahaha!... Hahahaha!”
Evelyn’s dry laughter made it hard to breathe.
It was a sound that reminded me of the time I built ‘True Trust’ with Laplace.
Slide—
Standing up and looking toward the sky, Evelyn stretched out both arms and spoke.
“Ha...! Hahahaha!!! Lady Ellis...? Is this for real? I’ve endured so much all this time!! Six years ago!!! At the ‘Summer Festival,’ I endured it when the fireworks went off the exact moment I was going to confess to Ian!!! Three years ago, at ‘Pink Muhly,’ I endured it when six carriages passed by right as Ian was about to confess to me!!!! And not long ago, at the ‘Cream Pie’ Inn, I was so incredibly angry when the door slammed shut right before we kissed... but I still endured it!!!!”
“....”
There definitely was a time at ‘Pink Muhly’ when I tried to confess to Evelyn.
‘Haha... the carriages... they’re coming so fast, be careful... haha...’
‘Right... let’s just go wash up and eat....’
But I had brushed it off so naturally that I never imagined she had noticed.
“...A-And now, a Saintess Candidate is trying to steal Ian away herself? ...Ha... Hahaha!”
“Evelyn. ...I don’t want to steal Ian... and I have no intention of doing so.”
“S-Shut up!! Are you pitying me now? Haa.. haa!!... Ugh!!”
“Evelyn...”
“You shut up too, Ian!! Y-Y-You have no right to butt in right now!! Ugh!! S-Seriously, nothing is going right!! I mean, Lady Ellis!! Why!! For what!! Why are you doing this to me!! Aaaagh!! Nobody understands me!! I just want to be happy for once!! Why! Why can’t I, Evelyn, be happy!!! Why do these ridiculous situations keep happening!!! No matter how I think about it, t-t-that son of a bitch!!! He should have confessed to me a long time agoooooo!!!”
“....”
From today on, I decided to stop describing myself as a quick-witted man.
...Because if I had realized she knew how I felt, I would have confessed ages ago.
“Evelyn...”
“What!!! Why!! Ugh!!... Why are you calling me!!!”
“...If possible, I want to share him with you. Master... Ian is a man well worth it.”
“No!! I don’t want to!!! I don’t want to share!! I-Ian is ‘my man’! He always has been, and from now on, too!! I want him to be mine alone for the rest of my life!! Seriously, if Lady Ellis is watching, give me an answer!!! Why are you doing this to me!!!!! I’ve lived a good life!! Maybe not as much as the Saintess Candidate over there!! But I did volunteer work!! I donated!! I did bad things...!! Fine!! Honestly, I did a few to Ian!! But I barely did anything to anyone else!!!! Then this shouldn’t be happening!!! The world can only screw me over so much!!! Did I ask for much?? I just wanted to have three sons and three daughters with that bastard Ian and live happily ever after!!!! Why are you blocking this!!! Aaaaaagh!!! Fuck!!! Do you seriously want to see me go crazy?!!!!!!”
Finally, having screamed out everything inside her, Evelyn hung her head low.
“....”
As I thought, it was a good thing I hadn’t told her about Lady Ellis.
Even now, Evelyn was hurling curses at Lady Ellis right in front of a ‘Saintess Candidate.’
...But what if she heard that Lady Ellis was the starting point of my harem plan?
I honestly thought Evelyn might turn into a ‘heretic.’
Stagger— Stagger— Thump—
That was when Evelyn, head still bowed, walked over and bumped her head against my chest.
“....Hey. Ian.”
“Yeah... Evelyn.”
I couldn’t even imagine the expression on her face.
I felt like anything I said right now would only hurt her.
“You said you loved me. ...Do you still love me?”
“...Yeah.”
“Really...? You also said I was too good for you, right? ...Was that for real too?”
“...Yeah.”
“But you said you couldn’t be satisfied with ‘sex’ with just me... so you couldn’t love only me?”
“.........Yeah. I did.”
“....You piece of trash. Ha, hearing it again, it’s still unbelievable... Are you even human? You’re a dog, aren’t you?”
“....”
“Sigh... Fuck... I don’t know. I must really be crazy... I know damn well you’re a bastard... It’s only normal that I shouldn’t even want to look at you...”
I couldn’t argue.
Listening to the conversation between Evelyn and Yuris, I felt it once again...
I really was a bastard.
“But... why... why do I still love you so much I feel like I’m going to die?”
“...Evelyn.”
Just as I was about to slowly reach out and place my hand on her shoulder at her trembling voice...
Flash—!!
Evelyn suddenly snapped her head up, a blue flame burning in her eyes.
“...E-Evelyn?”
“Phew... Whatever, fuck it!! Fine!! I’m Evelyn!! You bastard!! I’ll just take it all, okay?!!!!”
“...What?”
“I’ll handle all of your goddamn sexual desire!!!! You said you couldn’t love only me because the amount of sex wasn’t enough!!! Then if I take it all, you can love only me!!!”
“....”
“What? Are you shocked because I’m acting like this? Did you think I’d just cry and reluctantly give you permission for a harem?”
...It wasn’t exactly that, but honestly, I was a bit taken aback.
Given her behavior and trembling voice just moments ago, I naturally thought she’d be crying.
Slap—!!
“Fuck!! Don’t underestimate my pure love!!! You bastard!!!!”
“Ian, listen up!! Even if the world is destroyed, me giving up on you is never going to happen!! You’re more important to me than the world!!! A world where you and I aren’t together? That kind of thing doesn’t exist! Why? Because I’ll smash a world like that to pieces!!! Do you understand?”
“...Then what was that for?”
“That was just a hit because you’re a bastard, why!!! You got a problem??”
“...No.”
“Then take another one, you prick!!!”
Slap—!!!
After delivering a stinging slap to my cheek, Evelyn glared at Yuris and spoke.
“Yuris... no, Yuris. You heard that, right? This bastard loves me. He thinks he doesn’t even deserve my love. Until now, the only thing I was lacking was sex. So, as long as I have sex with him until he’s satisfied, there’s no room for you to cut in. Got it?”
“...Evelyn?”
“Drop the formalities... just call me Evelyn. Since we’re going to be fighting and showing each other our worst from now on, let’s not bother with useless manners.”
“Evelyn? And... fighting?”
...As expected, Yuris wasn’t an ordinary person either.
She actually looked slightly happy, perhaps because the number of people calling her by her name had increased even in this situation.
“Yeah!! Fighting!! Crying won’t work! Begging won’t work! Then what else is there, fuck!! We have to fight!! So from now on, just call me by my name.”
“...I understand. Evelyn.”
“Phew... Good! Whether it’s ‘Saintess Candidate’ or ‘Childhood Friend,’ let’s strip away those pathetic titles!! Just as women... no, as ‘females’ hunting a single ‘male,’ let’s settle this with the weapons between our legs!! So, Yuris!!”
Point!
Evelyn pointed her finger at me and made her declaration to Yuris.
“If I satisfy this bastard with sex, you give up on Ian!!”
